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To and FroasJLa1VM*'h%ID*}'CREW TAKEN FROM AMERICANSHIP AND MADE PRISONERSABOARD ANOTHER VESSELSecret 8ervico Men Working TryingTo Solve Mystery of WhereAbout8 of Men MissingShips Long OverdueWashington—Are pirates operatingoff the Atlantic coast?The crew of an American ship ismissing and what seems to be conelusive evidence has been obtainedthat they wer^ made prisoners on another vessel and taken awny to part:unknown. If they were indeed notmurdered." A second American shiris long overdue and two other Araerlean ships are unaccounted for undercircumstances raising suspicion of asimilar fate. The United States government has undertaken to solvethese mysteries of the sea which, inthe opinion of officials expressed receutly, point either to piratical occurrances off the Atlantic coast or theseizure of the vessels for the benefitof Soviet Russia.The state department has instructed its consular officers to be on thelookout tar the missing vessels orthe members of the kidnaped crew.The treasury department, through itscoast guard and life saving service.Is making a search of the Atlanticcoast and adjacent waters. The navydepartment has sent out vessels tosearch. The department of commercethrough its bureau of navigation isassisting in tryng to lift the veil ofmystery.The department of Justice has assigned some of its best secret serveeagents to the case, for the governmentis working on the theory that allthese mysterious Incidents are Interrelated.Several months ago the five-mastedschooner Carol Deering of Portland,Me., was found abandoned off DiamondShoals, N. C., with all sails set and' her officers and crew missing. TheDeering went ashore near DiamondShoals lightship, and when the men ofthe near-by life-saving station wentaboad they found evidence indicatingthat she had been abandoned In a hurry, for no conceivable reason, for thevessel was in good shape, with plentyof food. In fact, It was apparent thatshe had been abandoned when a mealwas about to be served.A little later a bottle caine ashorenear where the ship was found and init was a note purporting to have beenwritten by the mate of the schooner,which read as follows."An oll-burming tanker or submarinehas boarded us nnd placed our crewin Irons. Get word to headquarters ofcompany at once." «The captain and crew of the Deeringnumbered twelve nnd not a trace ofthem has been discovered, The Deering had left Portland, Me., Inst December for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with ageneral cargo. It was on her returnvoyage with another general enrgo thatshe went ashore on Diamond Shoals.The writing found in the bottle hasbeen compared with the penmanshipof her missing mate and hand writingexperts have testified there in no question that the mate wrote the message.Toll Exemption Proposed■Washington.— American coastwiseshipping would be exempted from payment of Panama canal tolls under a billordered fnvornbl.v reported Mondayby the senate lnteroceanic canals committee.Wage Cuts AnnouncedDead, S. D.—The Homestake Miningcompany Thursday gave notice of ageneral reduction in wages of 50 centsa day, effective July 16. Officials oftbe company said they expected themen to accept the cut.General Taylor Serioifely IIIBoston.—General Charles H. Tayloreditor of tbe Boston Globe, seriouslyill at'his home. He was taken suddenly 111 n week ago Monday, and hadsince failed steadily. Little hope wasentertained for his recovery.31U. 8. MINTS RESUMES WORK OFCOINING SILVER DOLLARS TOMEET SHORTAGE SINCE WAR270,000,000, Standard Silver DollariWere Sold to Great Britain During War And Will Not Be Redeemed by U. S. GovernmentWashington.—Coinage of silver dollars has been resumed by the mintafter seven years and the work of reducing 270,000,000 standard silver dol'nrs taken from the treasury duringe war to sell to Gre a t Britain has"iirted.Since March treasury officials said' Uurday, approximately 20,000,000 sili'i- dollars have been coined. In theiiue period corresponding amounts oflver certificates were Issued and fedi-al reserve notes and treasury certiflntes securing them retired. This pro■i'ss, offcials said, will probably connue five years, until the treasury's•'•serve of silver dollars is back to Its•irewar basis.The mint, officials explained, ceased"■lining silver dollars in 1914, when theupply of metal purchased under the''dnnge act was exhausted. FurtherMithorlt.v to make the dollars was not:rtbooming until 1918, when congress•ussed the Pittman net to enable theale of melted dollars to England for'he relief of the silver famine In Inlia.Tinder the act Director of the mint"nker sold to England 279,000,000 Siler dollars, amounting to 208,000,000mnees of silver, at $1.01% an ounceulus the market price of the copper consent. The 1 %e he explained, paid foric cost of melting and transportationnd the cost of reroinage.The work of refilling the hole left In'be treasury's vaults, Mr. Baker said.• as well under way, the mint, strikingoff silver dollars at about 8,000,000 to">000,000 a month.Since May 1920 the mint has boughtabout 1)5,000,000 ounces of Americansilver at $1 an^mnre nnd will continueto purchase at this price until thetreasury's stock is replenished.Although the Pittman act requirestlie mint to pay $1 an ounce for itssilver. Mr. Baker declared inquires arcreceived demanding why the government pays so much more than the market price. The price was fixed by the acthe stated, to stnblize the price of silver when there were indications of itsreaching unheard of heights during thewar. As a result of confining thetreasury's purchases to silver both produced and reduced in this country, theAmerican silver mining industry was"roteeed from foreign competition, Mr.t'aker said was sold to England, the"overnnient is breaking a little betterthan even, be added.The history of the Pitman act sales,officials recalled, was what forrnpr Secretary officias recalled, was what former -Secretary Glass described as oneof the "romatic incidents of the war."•1Judge Gray Accepts PostWilmington, Del.,— Judge GeorgeGray, who, with three other Americanshas been invited by the league of nations council to propose four candidates for election ns judges of the newintemntional court of justice, saidMonday that, while he had not received the offlcal Invitation from theleague, ho lind decided to accept.. JudgeGray said he would not discuss hispreference for candidates until lie hadconferred with his colleagues, ElihuRoot, John B. Moore and O. S. Straus.One Hundred Shot in JailToklo.—The Hochl Shimbun's Harbin correspondent says Monday thatthe bolshevik! who are preparing toevacuate Kharbarvek, capital of themaritime province of Siberia shot 100political offenders In jail here.Dies After RescueLouisville.—Andrew Zurick, 26 mayor of Louisville, Colo, died from an attack of heart disease a few minutesafter he had rescued Dan Sheriff, 10,from drowning in a lake here lateTWsday.BIG CELEBRATIONON SELLERS CREEKPioneer Day Will BeObserved in RealPioneer StyleAll the Willow creek country is toassemble on Monday the twenty-fifthat James Christensen's ranch on Sellers creek thirty-four miles fromBlackfoot for a picnic and jolly goodtime, making a day of it. i[t is up inthe stock country, where the cowboyis king and the stockmen and roughriders will be there with the horsesthat jump high and light hard.There will be boating on the reservoir and fun among the pines andthe quaking aspen trees.People in the valley, who want tosee the upper valley and get thebreath of the range with its sod andbrush, a whiff of the breezes fromthe creeks and bogs and beaver damswith water cress and peppermint andwild strawberries hiding in the highslopes, should get the jitney in goodorder with clean spark plugs andpulling power up to normal andmake a day of it. Take plenty ofmuc-a-muc in your baskets, go in byone road and out by the other andmake a great circuit and be glad.Everybody up there is going to beglad to see you and will be glad youwere at the seeing.Go in via Wolverine if you like andcome out via the road leading overthe ridge to Ammon or Idaho Falls.The ride thru the canyon will be atreat, the grades will be a littlesteeper as you near the summit, andif you have a Ford or one with equalpulling power you may have to do alittle pushing on two or three of thesteepest grades, but you will get upall right because everybody gets upthat has their car in good workingcondition and somebody to jump outand push in a pinch. If you go in bythe other road and come back viaWolverine the climbing will not bequite so steep. No matter which wayyou go, take plentythe hills. Don't gdheat your engine. Stop and put incool water at an occasional creekcrosing while the folks enjoy thescenery, keep the old machine cooland be content to plug along on lowgear till you get on top, and thenkeep it in low gear or intermediateon all the steep places coming down.Dn't try to hold it with your brakesand have them hot and wearing outunnecessarily. You can control yourcar beautifully going down if youwill only set it in low and take plentyof time. That enables the folks tosee the scenery and that is what yougo for and not to lose control of thecar and ditch them.f time to climbin a hurry andWhen Mr. Christensen was countycommissioner he built a road overthe summit in response to a bigpopular demand for a short cut toWillow creek so people could getthru by a short cut to trade In thevalley and we want you to go overhis road and see what he built. It isyour road and your money is payingfor it and it is time for everybodythat can go to do so and pass theirown judgment on the work. Whileyou are over there in the highlandspick out a summer home for yourself. You can go via the Blackfootreservoir if you wish and come homevia the Lincoln creek summit or thePutnam summit and down RossFork to Ft. Hall. The muddy placesare pretty well dried out and thedusty places are not yet so dusty asthey are going to be, so this is justabout the best part of the season togo up and get the breath of the stockcoilntry.58-2*-S SHELLEY+♦t*•* » * 1 ■ ■ ■- < * ■ »■» -».♦ I «- t -W_'I i T i I i T V'. TT . - . "iAttorney W. C. Allen of Blackfootwas In town Saturday on business.M. P. Bates of Iadho Falls was intown Monday on business.F. S. Robbins of Camas was inthe city Monday, transacting business.L. Ivan Jensen and family leftTuesday morning for Milford, Utah,to visit a short time with Mrs. Jensen's parents.William A. Connors, special agentfor the North British & MercantileInsurance Co. of Salt Lake City wasIn the city Monday morning on business.Mrs. Harry Ellis was an IdahoFalls visitor Monday afternoon.Mrs. Eterick Miller was an IdahoFalls visitor Monday afternoon.Wayne Farrer went to Idaho FallsMonday morning on business.Norm Lambert of Blackfoot was intown Tuesday transacting business.Misses Elva Robinson and IrmaHoward were Idaho Falls visitorsTuesday.Misses Lucy Langton, Marie Peterson and Katherine Hatch went toRexburg Tuesday afternoon to spendseveral days visiting with friends.M. M. Andrus of Firth was in thecity Tuesday afternoon visiting withfriends.Lloyd Jones was an Iadho Fallsvisitor Tuesday afternoon.Mrs. A. J. Mickelson left Tuesdayafternoon for Sandy, Utah, upon receiving a telegram of her father'sdeath.The Past Grand club met at thehome of Mrs. O. V. Hurdle Tuesdayafternoon. Owing to the hot weatherall members were not present, butthose who were enjoyed the afternoon very much. Dainty refreshments were served.Mr. and Mrs. Joe George of IdahoFalls were in town Tuesday afternoon visiting with relatives.N. S. Sage was on the sick list thefirst part' of the week with tonsilitis.Don't forget the big celebration InShelley on July 25. Everybody comeout and enjoy the day with us—something doing all the time.The Idaho Falls band will furnishthe music in the morning of thecelebration here on the twenty-fifth.*STERLING*T♦4The Chautauqua is in Sterling thisweek, it will remain here five days,commencing Monday and closing Friday.Mr. and Mrs. John Gough andfamily left here this week for various points in Utah. They will motorto Logan, Utah, where the familywill go thru the Logan temple.Phil Kellar motored to AmericanFalls Tuesday on business.Miss Grace Jones of Grandview isemployed at the Kellar home thisweek.Rudolph Seitinger left for SaltLake City, Utah Wednesday.Mrs. Zeltha McLean arrived hereTuesday from Ogden, Utah., whereshe spent the winter.The base ball game between ourjunior boys and the Riverside teamwas won by our team. Our boyswill motor to Groveland Saturday tocompete with the Groveland juniors.Miss Ella May Hayes of Springfieldformerly of Blackfoot, spent uSndayhere visiting with friends.Heber C. C. Rich of Rich was thespeaker at the' mutual meeting Sunday evening, his subject was"Faith."The Misses Alice and FlorenceBrown, Naimo Varley and CoraVance spent Sunday at the R. A.Ward home.The barn of Julius Teicherts wasburned to the ground last Fridaywhen little Paige Teichert dropped amatch near the barn starting thefire. Paige Teichert is staying withMr. and Mrs.'Julius Teichert duringthe absence of his mother Mrs. LewisTeichert, who is away at this timeattending summer school.The many friends of Otto L N Nilsson will be pleased to hear of hiswinning the prize of $25 at the bucking contest given at Payson, Utahon the 'Fourth of July. Twenty headof outlaws were rode in the contestpractically all of them coming fromthe McIntyre cattle ranch where OttoNilsson is employed.Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ward andfamily are preparing to leave forUtah this week on the excursion tothe Logan temple.Miss Vivan Varley of Salt LakeCity spent several days here recentlyvisiting with her parents Mr. andMrs. John Varley.O. E. Nilsson made a trip to theMcTucker dam Tuesday to see howthings were going.Little Billy Nilsson caused someexcitement at the O. E. Nilsson homestead when it was discovered he hadfell in a hole near the slew. Luckyfor Billy he was found at once.•i*"A friend In need Is a friend indeed''Is a proverb that seems funny,For how can a friend, who is In need,Advance a fellow money?—Cartoons Magazine*>•ftSKAGGSThis Week OnlyIIfIiiDry salt porkSmoked bacon, slab 30cSkinned hams .Roll shoulders20c PORK AND BEANSLibby large cansfour for.34cI725c55c|i ilLARDFRUIT JARS■No. 10 pails.No. 5 pails....No. 3 pails....No. 50 pailsNo. 25 pails .$ 1.10)Mason pint .Mason quart$1.05$1.20Mason half gallon $1.45.60.40:*f$5.50$2.75ftMason white crown lidsper doz.4ICRISCO20cl6 lb. pail crisco.$1.233 lb. pail crisco .H lb. pail crisco.1 lb. pail crisco ..63/ftSOAPCrystal white soap17 bars .A. B. Naptha soap14 bars .iIv.33i.24$ 1.00POTTED MEATSRegular 10c sizeRegular 15c size.5c10c$ 1.00v ■/♦i>Opposite Eccles Hotel• /Broadway J<r'V:tm., / </4.'V•*MORELANDTr+♦Moreland baseball team played theThomas team on the Moreland diamond Saturday,seniors were victorious,was 14 to 13.The taxi is kept busy. There werea large number of passengers Saturday.Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Richardson ofPocatello spent one day last weekwith Mrs. Elsie Christensen.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grimmitt motored to Blackfoot on Sunday afternoon to se a doctor. Mrs. Grimmitthas been quite ill.Mrs. Mary C. Monson was a guestof Mrs. John Benses on Sunday afternoon.Mrs. Riley Wheeler visited her sister on Sunday.Mrs. Jannett Wheeler has been ather home with her parents to spendthe week-end.Mrs. Virgie of Preston is visitingin Moreland with her sister Mrs.John England and other relatives.Mr. and Mrs. Jorsen returnedfrom Pocatello and spent Mondaywith their relatives.Phillip Dance was in Moreland onSunday and returned to Thomas afterthe evening meeting.The Sunday services were well attended. Mr. Cox of Blackfoot andhis students were in charge of tneprogram, which was divided intothree parts. Musical, conducted byProfessor Cox and Miss Woods andthe third part was a reading by MissCobbley. The fourth by little MissThe MorelandThe scoreSpecialFriday and Saturdaylight cut-glass lemonade or ice tea sets(Jug and half dozen glasses)$ 10.00 sets reduced to$8.00 sets reduced to$5.50$4.50Christ JewelerTaylor, who has a wonderful voiceand all was appreciated very muchby a crowded house of music lovingpeople. We hope this will not betheir last visit.Leo Johnston, Roy and LeonWheeler and Brig and Kenneth Robinson passed thru here on their wayLost river on a fishing trip.Elias Hatch was home from therailroad and spent Sunday with hisfamily.Mr. Johnson & Co. passed thruhere Monday morning on their return to Wapello from a fishing trip.Mr. and Mrs. Rider, Mr. and Mrs.Smith and many others from Bl&ckfoot attended the musical programSunday evening.1"S* iThings Cold and Sweet, Sourand Deliclou4ROYAL BAKERYIn west half of Pearson GroceryOpposite First National Bank